Opinion

ExxonMobil and other carpetbaggers will leave behind a degraded Atlantic Ocean and diminished marine life

Dear Editor, The sheer organisational magnitude and efficiency of ExxonMobil as an industrial power was shown in the MARAD Notices to Mariners numbers 106 and 107 (2023) dated 12 June but only published on July 13 in your paper.

Letters to the Editor

Many have questioned the veracity of the statistics Guyana produces

Dear Editor, Among other evils, tribal politics has damaged our very psyche in a peculiar way: intellectuals have become know-it-all, pompous, and arrogant.

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48 hours after being dropped on a New Amsterdam Street, garbage still hasn’t been removed

Dear Editor, Permit me to vent about the garbage disposal issues in the town of New Amsterdam.

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Ashton Chase became well-known as a working-class intellectual

Dear Editor, A few days ago, a distinguished Guyanese departed from among us.

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WPA calls on Dr. Persaud to address Kwayana’s question

Dear Editor We write in response to a letter penned by Dr.

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Unable to discern any emerging vision

Dear Editor, I follow events in Guyana (too) avidly but I am failing to see any vision emerging about the size, shape and timbre of the society in 2030.

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Nascimento’s narrative is an insult to the free press

Dear Editor I am not surprised that Consultant Kit Nascimento would jump at the opportunity to create and peddle the narrative penned in his letter dated 13 July 2023.

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Ad hoc approach to Mahdia Tragedy COI

Dear Editor, First a name was given, some time ago, and everyone thought it was a one man commission to look into the devastating fire.

Editorial

The Mahdia Inquiry – an opportunity

It has been a couple of weeks since President Ali announced that Major General Joe Singh retired would head the COI into the May 21 Mahdia fire.

Politikles

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We must not be afraid to be thorns in the side of any gov’t that’s not providing quality leadership

Dear Editor, A good friend and prominent Guyanese banker who has lived in Canada and the USA and worked extensively in the Caribbean and who currently works here recently remarked that “Nothing can prepare you for Guyana.”

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The media failed to fulfill their responsibility to the nation

Dear Editor, President Ali held a live broadcast Press Conference on Wednesday last (12th July, 2023), broadcast on NCN TV and online at 10:00 am and rebroadcast at prime time that evening.

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Unclear how many of calibrated breathalyzer devices are in the care of the GPF

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has once again buried its head in the sand over recent questions regarding the calibration of key tools of their law enforcement arsenal.

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78 minutes was nothing if not mischievous

Dear Editor, America needed 100 hours of Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait in 1991.

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Shabby treatment to the Fourth Estate

Dear Editor, It is puzzling, the marathon press conference was moderated not by the Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs but by a public relations consultant.

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Peace cannot flourish in the absence of justice

Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I address the recent remarks made by Minister Robeson Benn of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Guyana Police Force, 184 Anniversary, Wreath Laying Ceremony for Fallen Heroes.

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